The National je službeno najavio svoj nadolazeći album, “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”, zajedno s popisom pjesama koji potvrđuje prethodno spominjana gostovanja.
Ovo je deveti studijski album benda, a trebao bi izaći 28. aprila putem 4AD.
Osim singla “Tropic Morning News” koji je pušten uz najavu, album sadrži i saradnje s Taylor Swift (“The Alcott”), Phoebe Bridgers (“This” Isn’t Helping”, “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend”) i Sufjanom Stevensom (uvodna “Once Upon a Poolside”).
Na živahnom najavnom singlu, frontmen Matt Berninger pjeva: “I was so distracted then/ I didn’t have it straight in my head/ I didn’t have my face on yet/ Or the role or the feel of where I was going with it all/ I was suffering more than I let on/ The tropic morning news was on/ There’s nothing stopping me now/ From saying all the painful parts out loud.”
“Ideja da se na tako lagan način osvrnem na tamu vijesti otključala je nešto u meni”, rekao je. “Pjesma je postala o tome kako vam se teško izraziti i pokušavate se povezati s nekim kada buka svijeta guši svaki potencijal za razgovor.”
Popis pjesama:
1. Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
2. Eucalyptus
3. New Order T-Shirt
4. This Isn’t Helping (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
5. Tropic Morning News
6. Alien
7. The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)
8. Grease In Your Hair
9. Ice Machines
10. Your Mind Is Not Your Friend (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
11. Send For Me
